I have recently discovered a love for spam that has some basis in reality. Here is the latest delivery found in my inbox.
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Dearest,
I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. My name is Miss. Zhara Kipkalya Kones, 17yrs old female and I held from Kenya. My father was the former Kenyan road Minister. He and Assistant Minister of Home Affairs Lorna Laboso had been on board the Cessna 210, which was headed to Kericho and crashed in a remote area called Kajong’a, in western Kenya. The plane crashed on the Tuesday 10th, June, 2008.
After the burial of my father, my step mother and uncle conspired and sold my father’s properties to an Italian expatriate which they shared the money among themselves and live nothing for me. One faithful morning, I opened my father’s briefcase and found out the documents which he have deposited huge amount of money in one bank in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire with my name as the next of kin.
(blah, blah, blah, please help, please send money, etc…)
Awaiting your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this only to your self. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I am afraid of my wicked stepmother who has threatened to kill me and have the money.
Sincerely yours,
Zhara Kipkalya Kones
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Kipkalya Kones really did exist (he even has a wikipedia page), he really was the Kenyan Minister of Roads (cool job title, btw) and he really did die in a plane crash. I’m not too sure about the wicked stepmother, though. Seems to me someone has been watching a little too much Cinderella.
Make that someones. Unfortunately for Zhara,, her elder sister seems to be using the same sob story. Oh, and so is her other sister. How many times do I have to remind you spammers…originality!!
LOL! I have never thought to read my spam before, but when put like this it really does sound interesting. Perhaps she should write a book instead of sending spam!
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I read a book recently in which secret messages were being passed through spam mail. For awhile, it had me looking through mine for the same.
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LOL…I’ve never heard of conspiracy theories applied to spam!
Now you’ve done it. You are going to be the reason he will be killed. Didn’t you read the warning to keep his letter to your self? Then again, maybe that would be a good thing so there will be less spam in the world! The part I can’t get over besides the lack of originality is the horrible spelling and grammar. Are we supposed to believe that the letter is genuine because someone whose first language is not English would speak and spell like this?
By the way, I LOVE your new blog look. I guess I should click on over more often instead of just reading your posts through Google Reader.
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Love those spam sob stories. You have to wonder why anyone would be so foolish as to send off their baking info to these people but apparently they do. In my opinion they deserve to be parted from their cash then! LOL
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Hahaha! Sounds like the plot for a daytime soap opera
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I think I got this one as well. LOL. And I also wonder why they keep sending them – but it gotta mean that some sorry folks actually fall for the sobstories…?
Don’t you just want to set up a temporary email account and go back and forth a little bit on this. Lure him in, then set the evil stepmonster on him!
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It is so creepy that they use real people and try to profit off them … and the wicked stepmother line is just a bit too cliche.
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hehehe! I get these almost daily! You make them sound funny
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haha
I get these daily…and don’t forget the ones that tell you you’ve won 1,000,000 pounds you just have to send the $XXX to get it!
too funny!
Marta
Marta’s Meanderings
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I got this email… im not so sure about this “Goodness”. It says her parents were killed by rebels, but…. i thought her dad died in a plane crash?! (:
My dear ,
Thanks for your mail, my name is Goodness Kipkalya Kones 24 years old girl from Kenya in east Africa but living in the refugee camp in Senegal as a result of the untimely death of my parents by rebels.
My late father Dr Kipkalya Kones was was the former Kenyan road Minister who died with assistant Minister of Home Affairs in a plan crash on the Tuesday 10th, June,2008.
I am a nice looking girl and will like to be your very good friend so that we can share things in common as i have seen that you are the right friend for me and i will like to know more about you.Your hobbies,likes and dislikes.
My hobbies are cooking ,reading, listening to music and playing basket ball.
I like being natural and real in life.
Well i am the refugee camp for now as this camp is managed by Christ the king church of Christ Senegal located inside the camp where i am sending you this mail from the office of the pastor and i will plead with the pastor of the church to allow me receive calls from you so that i can give you the telephone number of the church to call me so that we can talk more about ourselves.
Bye for now,
Your Goodness